The NFL awarded 34 compensatory picks this year, including two special selections that were awarded at the end of the third round to the teams—the Rams and 49ers—that have had a minority employee hired as a head coach or primary football executive by another club. As anticipated, the New York Giants were not awarded any compensatory picks in the 2024 NFL Draft. Compensatory picks are awarded in Rounds 3-7 based on a complex formula involving salary, playing time, and postseason honors.
The Giants lost two free agents who qualified to be included in the compensatory formula — Julian Love and Nick Gates. They signed four such free agents — Bobby Okereke, A’Shawn Robinson, Parris Campbell and Rakeem Nunez-Roches.
It’s January 14th, 2012. We’re at Candlestick Park in San Francisco. With 14 seconds to play, down three, and facing a third down, the 49ers need a score to keep their playoff hopes alive – without needing to roll the dice in overtime. The Saints meanwhile can end this here with a takeaway and head to the NFC Championship Game themselves. To understand how we got here and to appreciate everything this moment represents, we need to rewind.
